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Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest silent comedians, considered by many to be even funnier than Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Now film historian John K. Carpenter ("The Movie Man") sheds light on the beginning of "The Boy's" career with this collection of Lloyd's early work. "In my decades of collecting rare 16mm film prints, I discovered Harold Lloyd's creativity first flourished in the one-reel comedies he made for Hal Roach. These 1918 and 1919 rarities...

MUNDO DEPRAVADOS (1967): A girl leaving her apartment is strangled by a mysterious assailant. The fetishistic murderer removes her bra and stockings before leaving the body in an alleyway. The two police detectives assigned to the case discover that the victim was employed as a leotard-clad extra on an exercise TV show. More of the girls on the show are soon found dead with their bras and stockings stolen. The detectives enlist the help of a statuesque stripper named Tango to act as bait for...

Garbrielle Darley journeys to New Orleans after accepting a marriage proposal from her out-of-town boyfriend, Howard Blaine. In reality, Blaine's real goal was to lure innocent young Gabrielle into a life of prostitution. He forces her to work in a seedy brothel, a flimsy red kimona her only garb. When she discovers that Blaine is seeing another woman, an enraged Gabrielle shoots him dead as he is buying an engagement ring. A sensational trial follows, where the sordid details of Gabrielle's...

American bandleader Paul Stapleton is on a tour of Europe with his jazz combo. While in Munich, he sees an astonishingly beautiful girl in the audience. Determined to get to know her, he learns the statuesque beauty's name is Greta. The two begin a whirlwind romance that culminates in an impromptu wedding on an ocean liner. Greta becomes Paul's constant companion as the band continue to tour Europe. But Paul's bandmates start noticing her stepping out in the middle of gigs mysteriously. It...

Everett Nelson is a clumsy small town boy nicknamed "The Clodhopper." Though his father is the richest man in town, he is made to toil day and night on the family farm. When Everett and his father come to blows over the cost of a new suit the boy needs for the town square dance, he leaves home for the big city. In New York, his awkward gait is noticed and inspires a new dance phenomenon, "The Clodhopper Glide." Now a minor league celebrity, Everett learns his father's business faces bankruptcy...

Before Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat was the first world-famous cartoon star. Created by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer in 1919, the Felix shorts delighted moviegoers with their surreal and often topical humor. Now Long Island-based film historian John K. Carpenter ("The Movie Man") digs into his vast archives to present some of Felix's best moments. "As a nationally-known film historian and 16mm collector I have always been fascinated by the unbridled imagination on display in the silent era....

The "Alpha Video Rewind Series" is an ever-growing collection of specially-selected films from our vast library on DVD, now in collectible retro-style packaging inspired by VHS cover art from that format's heyday! Every Alpha Video Rewind Series title also includes a free collectible postcard.While seeking a life-saving vaccine, a scientist at a large chemical consortium inadvertently infects himself with a volatile virus that turns him into a horribly disfigured monster. Now cursed with a...

The "Alpha Video Rewind Series" is an ever-growing collection of specially-selected films from our vast library on DVD, now in collectible retro-style packaging inspired by VHS cover art from that format's heyday! Every Alpha Video Rewind Series title also includes a free collectible postcard.A phantom draped in a long black cloak, riding atop a stallion and carrying a bloody severed head, haunts the grounds of Callahan Ranch. A young couple, Mark and Brenda, inherit the isolated ranch under...

Billed as "America's Foremost Romantic Actor," Otis Skinner plays Hajj, the conniving beggar-magician. To make sure he's well taken care of in his old age, the wiley trickster goads the Caliph Abdalla, wealthy ruler of Bagdad, into marrying his pretty, virginal daughter. But Mansur, the Caliph's envious chief of police, throws a spanner into the works when he involves Hajj in a conspiracy to assassinate the Caliph - and take the girl for himself.Otis Skinner (1858-1942) was one of the most...

Twin sisters Janet and Lucy Trevor are different as night and day: Lucy is a sultry nightclub singer with a drug problem while Janet has dedicated her life to God in a convent. When Lucy's love interest, politician John McBride, confronts her about her dope use, a scuffle with a gun ensues. Believing she killed McBride, Lucy retreats to the convent where she begs Janet to switch identities with her. Reluctantly, Janet trades her nun's habit for a slinky nightdress. Taking Lucy's place, she...

A former stage star tries to stop her aspiring actress daughter from following her into show business in this touching musical comedy from short-lived studio Liberty Pictures.

After making their first big-budget feature-length movie Gulliver's Travels (1939) animation pioneers Max and Dave Fleischer looked for ways to maximize the film's potential. Perhaps inspired by how Dopey from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) had become a merchandising phenomenon, they decided to spin off Gabby, the Lilliputian town crier from Gulliver, into his own theatrical cartoon shorts. Beginning with October 1940's King for a Day, the series followed the nosy Gabby as he...